Keith Ashcroft

 

Born 1977 in St Helens, Merseyside

Lives and works in Salford, Greater Manchester

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Recent Exhibitions

2022 'Cut From Cloth', Solo exhibition, Huddersfield Art Gallery

2020 'Beep Painting Prize 2020', Elysium Gallery, Swansea

2020 'Enough is Definitely Enough', Pineapple Black, Lincoln

2020 'Enough is Definitely Enough', Oceans Apart, Salford

2019 'ALPS', Brunswick Gallery, Leeds

2019 'Two-Fold', Oceans Apart, Salford

2019 'A Little Painting Show', Dead Pigeon Gallery, Liverpool

2019 'A little Painting Show', Oceans Apart, Salford

2019 Contemporary British Painting Prize Exhibition 2018, Menier Gallery, London

2018 Contemporary British Painting Prize Exhibition 2018, Huddersfield Art Gallery

2018 The New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2018, Mall Galleries, London

2018 The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition 2018, Mall Galleries, London

2018 'Looking Forward', Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester

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Education

2000 - 2003 'Drawlab', St Helens College

1997 - 2000 BA (Hons) Degree Fine Art, Manchester School of Art

1995 - 1997 Btech National Diploma Art & Design, St Helens College

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Awards and Accolades

Special Commendation - Beep Painting Prize 2020 

Special Commendation - Contemporary British Painting Prize 2018

Long-listed for the John Moores Painting Prize 2018

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Press

2018 ‘Artist Keith is in the running for prestigious painting prize’, St Helens Star

 

2018 ‘Salford artist shortlisted for £15,000 national art price’, ABOUT Manchester

 

2017 ‘Visual Record of Time and Space’, Execute Magazine, USA